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PBS on Tuesday introduced several new funding initiatives, revealed updated producing partner criteria and announced that it has hired an SVP Diversity Equity and Inclusion. The moves, revealed on the first day of the pubcaster’s TCA summer press tour slate, come as PBS faced questions at the last TCA tour in March…

Directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick are promising a "nuanced" portrait of Ernest Hemingway in their three-part, six-hour documentary on the Nobel Prize-winning author coming to PBS in April. Speaking at the PBS Winter Press Tour session Tuesday, Burns said the film deconstructs Hemingway's image as a "hyper-masculine"…

PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger on Friday at the TCA Winter Press Tour focused on the celebration of the public broadcaster’s 50th anniversary and creators like Carl Sagan, Julia Child, Fred Rogers, Gwen Ifil, Ken Burns and Skip Gates who have helped build its legacy as she looked to the future. "The future of PBS…

PBS remains committed to co-producing and acquiring British drama despite increased competition from digital rivals including BritBox and Acorn TV. The public broadcaster has long been the home of scripted series from the other side of the pond but has found itself competing with more rivals in recent years, including…

PBS boss Paula Kerger will stick around at the public broadcaster for a while. Kerger, who is president at CEO of PBS, revealed Monday at the TCA summer press tour that she has signed a five-year contract extension. "It's because I believe so strongly in the purpose and power of public television," she said. "Public…

Responding to the Trump Administration's third proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger issued a statement on Monday: PBS and our 350 member stations across the country have earned bipartisan Congressional support over the years due to the high value the American peop…

Once upon a time, when a Republican sat in the White House the head of PBS tended to come to TCA with a target on the back, and take lots of questions about threats to shutter or slash funding for public broadcasting operations. But Saturday, journalists wanted to know if PBS CEO Paula Kerger “feels safer now” what…

EDITORS’ NOTE: This story originally posted on January 25. The Television Critics Association winter press tour gets underway today. Just months after Facebook made its Television Critics Association press tour debut at the summer conference, and Netflix and Amazon returned to the fold after going MIA, Netflix and…

PBS chief Paula Kerger devoted much of her 25th consecutive TCA at-bat celebrating the renaissance of Fred Rogers calling him a "singular individual" whose "civility and graciousness" which she said "are especially resonant today" without elaborating, because it was not necessary. She reminded TV critics Morgan…

President Donald Trump has sent Congress his $4.4 trillion spending plan for FY 2019; it calls for elimination of federal funding for public media. PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger issued the following comment: Public broadcasting has earned bipartisan Congressional support over the years thanks to the value we…

PBS CEO Paula Kerger spent much of her semi-annual Q&A at TCA today taking questions about decisions to jettison Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley after both men were accused of sexually harassment. Kerger is one of the few TV industry executives brave enough to stand before reporters at the semi-annual TV-industry…

Margaret Atwood, George R.R. Martin, Gaye King, Lauren Graham, John Irving, and Bill T. Jones are among those lending their voices to PBS's The Great American Read. PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced the celebs at TCA Tuesday morning, also including Devon Kennard, Diane Lane, Lesley Stahl Junot Diaz. They will share…